Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-07
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CHATTER V.

IL Is merry solHu 10 Hedi untStt pdlIfitStS
calling from all directions just after day
break, and one to make the heart of every
true sportsman rejoice exceedingly On ltav-
ing the house John proceeded up the side of
the hin behind this pony picking its way
carefully between the stones, AMI the dog
Pontiac ranging about POO or $50 yards of, for
in this sort of country it is necessary to have
a dog with wide range Presently John
saw him stop under mimosa thorn and sud
denly stiifen out us If he had been petriiied,
and made the best of his way toward him.
Pontiac stood still for few seconds, and then
slowly and deliberately veered his head
round, as though it worked on a hinge, to see
If his master were coming John knew his
ways Three times would that remarkable
old dog look round thus, and If the gun had
not then arrived he would to a certainty run
in and flush the birds. This was rule that
he never broke, for his patience had a fixed
limit. On this occasion, however, John
arrived before it was reached, and, jumping
off his pony, cooked his gun and marched
slowly UP, full of happy expectation On
drew the dog, his eye cold and fixed, saliva
dropping from his mouth, and his head and
expression of instructive ferocity outStretched
to their utmost limit
lie WIS right umior the mimosa thorn now
and up to his belly in warm, red grass.
Where could the birds bei Whifr! and
great feathrred she'll secured TO have burst at
his very feet What a coyev! twelve brace
if there was a bird, and they had all been
lying beak 10 beal in 4 space no bigger than
a caTtwhe-'L Up went Johns gun and Off
too, a little sooner than it should have done.
missed him cleani Now then for the lsft
barrel" Same result There. we will draw
veil over the profanity that ensured A
minute later and it was all over aud John
and Pontiac were regarding each other with
contempt and disgust.
ut was all you, you brute" said John to
Pontiac. al thought you were going 10 run
i'll, and you hurried me"
"Ughl" slid Pontiac to John. or, at least,
he looked it. Ugh! you disgusting bad shot
What is the good of pointing for yous It's
enough to make dog sick
The covey-or rather the collection of old
birds, for this kind of partridge sometimes
'packs" Just before the breeding seaSon-had
scattered all about the place, and it WIS not
hong before Pontiac found some of them; and
tins time John got one bird-apd "A beautiful
great partridge he was, too, with yellow legs
and missed another Again Pontiac pointed
and Il brace ruse Bang! down goes one;
bang with the other barrel Caught him, by
Jove, Just as he topped the stone Hullo!
Pontiac is still on the point. Slip in two more
cartridges. Oh, "A leash this timel bangl
bang and down came a brace of them-two
brace OF partridge without moving a yard
Life has joys for all mon, but it has, verify
believe, no JOY to compare to the joy of the
moderate shot and earnest sportsman when
be has just killed half "a dozen driven par-
trldges without n niss, or ten rocketing
pheasantS with eleven cartridges, or, better
still, a couple of wnodcock right and left
By this time he was right across the mount
ain top and on the brink of the most remark
able cilasu he had ever seen The place was
known as Liou's kloof, or Leuw kloof in
Dutch, because three lions had once been
penned up by party of Beers and shot there.
The chasm or gorge was between a quarter
and half mile long, about 600 feet in width
and $50 to $50 feet deep. About 100 PAGES
from Che near end of the gorge, some ninety
or more feet in height, stood the most remark
able of these mighty pillars, to which the re
mains at Stmehcnge are but TOYS 1t was
formed of seven huge powders, the largest,
that at the bottom about the size of a moder-
ate cottage, and the smallest, that ut the top,
perhaps some eight or ten feet in diameter
These powders were rounded like a cricket
ball-evitleutly through the action,of water
and yet the hand Of nature had cOntrived 10
balance them, each one smaller than that be-
meath, the one upon the other, and To keep
them so. But this was not always the case.
For instance "A very similar mass that had
risen on the near side If the perfect pillar lad
fallen, all except the two bottom stones,
and the powders that went to form it Law
scattered about like monStrons petritiad can
non balls One of the,A bad split in two, and
seated on ii John discovered none other than
jess Croft, apparently engaged in sl,etchiug,
looking very small ana far oil at tine bottom
of TINT vast ch;lsln
John got of his shootim. pony. and booking
about bim perceived that it was possible tu
descend 10y following the course of the stream
and clamhcring down the natural step, it had
cut i'll the rocky bed Throwing the reins
the dog Pontiac to stand and look about hin,
as South African shooting pol.ies are ac-
custOmed 10 do, he put down his gun and
game and proceeded 10 descend As he drew
near the bottom OF the gorge he saw that neaI
the borders of the stream, wherever the soil
was moist, grew thousands upon thousands of
white arum lilies, pig lilies y they call them
there, just now in full bloom He had noticed
these lilies from above but there they had
owing t. the distance, looked So small that lle
had taken them for everlastings or aneInones,
lie could moi sn'- jess now, for she was hidden
10y bush that grows hy the banks of the
streams in South Africa in low living land
and which at certain Seasons of the year is
literally covered with masses of the most
gorgeous scarlet bloom. His footsteps fell
very softly on the moss ami flowers, and wher,
he got round the glorious looking bush it was
evident that she had not heard him, for she
was asleep Her hat was Off but the bush
shaded her. and her head had fallen forward
over her Shctciiing block and rested ON hen
hand. A ray Of light that came through the
bush played upon her curling brown hair and
threw warm shadows on her white face and
the white wrist and hand on which il rested
john stool opposite la her and lcuked nj
her, ana the did curiosity tn understand this
feminine enigma tnoS possession of him
Many man before him lll been the victim
oi like desire, and lived 10 regret that h.
did not leave 1t unSratiiird II is not well Ia
Try to lift the culiaih of the uns.-Il; it is not
well to call TO heaven to show lis glory, or t.
hell to give us touch and knowledge OF its
yawning fires. knoNlt-lss,, comes soon
enough; many OF us will say that
knowledge has cusnc too soon, and left
us desolate. There is mo bitterness like
the bitterness Of wisdom: 50 cried the
great koh"!eth, and SO bath cried many a
son OF man following hlindiy in his path Let
MS iie thankful for the dark places Of tn,
earthquakes where we may find rest and
shadow. and the heavy sweetness of tIIeuieht
Seek not after mysteries, O sou of man
he content with the practical and the proved
and the broad light of the day; peep not, NUT
ter not the words of awakening Understand
her who would I've understood and is compre
hensible to those who run and for the other,
let them be, lest your fate should
be as the fate of Eve, and as til,
fate of Lucifer, star of the morning. Fol
hare and there is n human heart from, ,ybi,.l